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Robert Treat Paine Papers, Volume 4

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From Paul Mumford

8 September 1781

Grand Jury notes

Moses Graves was accused of attempting to pay (“uttering”) counterfeit currency of various denominations to William Williams and Jonathan Lee. Taken to trial in October 1781 on two indictments at the Supreme Judicial Court in Berkshire County, he was convicted on both counts.